| "Hopes & Fears" | ||||
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| Single by Will Young | ||||
| from the album The Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Love Is a Matter of Distance" (live) "Very Kind" (live) |
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| Released | November 8, 2009 | |||
| Format | digital download | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Pop, electropop | |||
| Length | 3:19 (radio edit) 3:46 (album version) |
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| Label | Sony BMG | |||
| Writer(s) | Yolanda Quartey, Stew Jackson | |||
| Producer | Robot Club | |||
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"Hopes & Fears" a song by Will Young, released as the first single from his first greatest hits album, The Hits and his 14th overall. It was written by Stew Jackson and Yolanda Quartey, two members of the Bristolian band Phantom Limb, who supported Young at his 25 July 2009 concert at Audley End, Essex, and on his 2009 tour. The single features production from Robot Club who managed to get legendary 70's session drummer Skip Wiseman out of retirement for this track. It was released on 08 November 2009, on download only.
When asked in an interview with entertainment website Digital Spy what the song is about, Young said "Ooh, I don't know really... pregnancy haha! The song was written by a friend of mine, Stuart, who I worked with on the last record too. I liked it and needed something for the Greatest Hits, but the stuff I've been working on for my next album is much more dance-pop and didn't really fit in."[1]
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The video was shot in London's Millennium College during the second week of September 2009, and was directed by Chris Sweeney who has recently directed videos for the Freemasons featuring Sophie Ellis Bextor track "Heartbreak Make Me a Dancer", and "Paris", for the indie band Friendly Fires. It is said that the video contains dancers. In the video, Young appears as a pregnant man, which was the idea of Chris Sweeney.[2]
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 65 |
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